Topic
Self-Righteousness
131 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Proverbs 20:6Nave · Torrey General scriptures concerning
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
- Proverbs 21:2Nave · Torrey General scriptures concerning
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
- Proverbs 30:12Nave · Torrey General scriptures concerning
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
- Isaiah 64:6Nave · Torrey General scriptures concerning
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
- Luke 16:15Nave · Torrey General scriptures concerning
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
- Luke 18:9ISBE · Torrey THEY WHO ARE GIVEN TO — Despise others
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
- Romans 10:3Nave · Torrey General scriptures concerning
For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
- Revelation 3:17Nave · Torrey General scriptures concerning
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
- Numbers 16:3Nave General scriptures concerning
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the…
- Deuteronomy 9:4–6Nave General scriptures concerning
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before…
- Deuteronomy 9:4Torrey Warning against
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before…
- 1 Samuel 2:9Nave General scriptures concerning
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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- 1 Samuel 15:13–31 Nave INSTANCES OF — Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:13 Torrey Exemplified — Saul
- Job 6:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 9:20 Torrey Folly of
- Job 9:30 Torrey IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS — Ineffectual for salvation
- Job 9:31 Torrey IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS — Ineffectual for salvation
- Job 11:4–6 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 12:2 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 13:3 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 13:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 13:15 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 13:18 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 13:19 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 16:17 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 16:18 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 18:2–4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 21:27–29 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 22:2 Nave General scriptures concerning
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- Job 32:1 Nave General scriptures concerning
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- Job 33:8 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 33:9 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 35:2 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 35:7 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Job 35:8 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Psalms 10:5 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Psalms 10:6 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 12:15 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 14:12 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 16:2 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 25:14 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 25:27 Nave General scriptures concerning
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- Proverbs 28:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 28:26 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 30:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Isaiah 5:21 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Isaiah 28:17 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Isaiah 28:20 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Isaiah 47:7 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Isaiah 50:11 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Isaiah 57:12 Torrey IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS — Unprofitable
- Isaiah 65:3–5 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Isaiah 65:5 Torrey THEY WHO ARE GIVEN TO — Despise others
- Jeremiah 2:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 2:22 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 2:23 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 2:34 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 2:35 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 7:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
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- Jeremiah 17:5 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 49:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 49:16 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Ezekiel 33:24–26 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Hosea 12:8 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Amos 6:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Habakkuk 2:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Zephaniah 3:11 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 5:20 Torrey IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS — Ineffectual for salvation
- Matthew 7:22 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 7:23 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 9:10–13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 9:11–13 Torrey THEY WHO ARE GIVEN TO — Condemn others
- Matthew 16:6 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 19:16–22 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 19:20 Torrey Exemplified — Young man
- Matthew 22:12 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 22:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 23:25–28 Torrey IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS — But external
- Matthew 23:25 Torrey IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS — But partial
- Matthew 23:27 Torrey Denunciation against
- Matthew 23:28 Torrey Denunciation against
- Matthew 23:29–31 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 23:30 Torrey Is boastful
- Mark 2:16 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Mark 8:15 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Mark 10:17–22 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 5:30 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 7:36–50 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 7:39 Torrey THEY WHO ARE GIVEN TO — Condemn others
- Luke 10:25–37 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 10:25 Torrey Exemplified — Lawyer
- Luke 10:29 Torrey THEY WHO ARE GIVEN TO — Seek to justify themselves
- Luke 11:33–54 Nave INSTANCES OF — Pharisees
- Luke 11:39–44 Torrey IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS — But external
- Luke 11:39 Torrey Exemplified — Pharisees
- Luke 11:44 Torrey IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS — But partial
- Luke 15:2 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 15:25–32 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 16:14 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 18:9–14 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 18:10–12 Torrey Illustrated
- Luke 18:11 Torrey THEY WHO ARE GIVEN TO — Audaciously approach God
- Luke 18:18–23 Nave General scriptures concerning
- John 8:33–59 Nave INSTANCES OF — Pharisees
- John 8:33 Torrey Exemplified — Pharisees
- John 9:28–34 Nave INSTANCES OF — Pharisees
- John 9:28 Torrey Exemplified — Pharisees
- John 9:34 Nave General scriptures concerning
- John 9:39–41 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Romans 2:17–20 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Romans 3:1–31 ISBE
- Romans 3:20 Torrey IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS — Ineffectual for salvation
- Romans 3:27 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Romans 8:1 ISBE
- Romans 11:19–21 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 2 Corinthians 1:9 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 2 Corinthians 10:17 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 2 Corinthians 10:18 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Galatians 3:1–29 ISBE
- Galatians 6:3 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Ephesians 2:1–22 ISBE
- Philippians 3:1–21 ISBE
- Philippians 3:7–10 Torrey Saints renounce
- Revelation 3:18 Nave General scriptures concerning
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
self-ri'-chus-nes: A term that has come to designate moral living as a way of salvation; or as a ground for neglecting the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. The thought is present in the teaching of Jesus, who spoke one parable particularly to such as reckoned themselves to be righteous (Lu 18:9). The Pharisees quite generally resented the idea of Jesus that all men needed repentance and they most of all. They regarded themselves as righteous and looked with contempt on "sinners." Paul in all his writings, especially Ro 3; Ga 3; Eph 2; Php 3, contrasts the righteousness that is God's gift to men of faith in Jesus Christ, with righteousness that is "of the law" and "in the flesh." By this latter he means formal conformity to legal requirements in the strength of unregenerate human nature. He is careful to maintain (compare Ro 7) that the Law is never really kept by one's own power. On the other hand, in full agreement with Jesus, Paul looks to genuine righteousness in living as the demand and achievement of salvation based on faith. God's gift here consists in the capacity progressively to realize righteousness in life (compare Ro 8:1 ff).
See also SANCTIFICATION.
William Owen Carver
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 100 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning Nu 16:3; De 9:4-6; 1Sa 2:9; Job 6:13; 11:4-6; 12:2; 13:3,13,15,18,19; 16:17,18; 18:2-4; 21:27-29; 22:2,3; 32:1,2; 33:8,9; 35:2,7,8; Ps 10:5,6; Pr 12:15; 14:12; 16:2; 20:6; 21:2; 25:14,27; 26:12; 27:2,21; 28:13,26; 30:12,13; Isa 5:21; 28:17,20; 47:7; 50:11; 64:6; 65:3-5; Jer 2:13,22,23,34,35; 7:4; 8:8; 17:5; 49:4,16; Eze 33:24-26; Ho 12:8; Am 6:13; Hab 2:4; Zep 3:11; Mt 7:22,23; 9:10-13; 16:6; 19:16-22; 22:12,13; 23:29-31; Mr 2:16; 8:15; 10:17-22; Lu 5:30; 7:36-50; 10:25-37; 15:2,25-32; 16:14,15; 18:9-14,18-23; Joh 9:34,39-41; Ro 2:17-20; 3:27; 10:3; 11:19-21; 2Co 1:9; 10:17,18; Ga 6:3; Re 3:17,18
- → See HYPOCRISY
- → See SELF-EXALTATION
- → INSTANCES OF
- Saul 1Sa 15:13-31
- Young man, see above
- Lawyer, see above
- Pharisees Lu 11:33-54; Joh 8:33-59; 9:28-34
- Israel Ro 10:3
- The Laodicean congregation Re 3:17
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 41 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Man is prone to Pr 20:6; 30:12
- Hateful to God Lu 16:15
- IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS
- But external Mt 23:25-28; Lu 11:39-44
- But partial Mt 23:25; Lu 11:44
- No better than filthy rags Isa 64:6
- Ineffectual for salvation Job 9:30,31; Mt 5:20; Ro 3:20
- Unprofitable Isa 57:12
- Is boastful Mt 23:30
- THEY WHO ARE GIVEN TO
- Audaciously approach God Lu 18:11
- Seek to justify themselves Lu 10:29
- Seek to justify themselves before men Lu 16:15
- Reject the righteousness of God Ro 10:3
- Condemn others Mt 9:11-13; Lu 7:39
- Consider their own way right Pr 21:2
- Despise others Isa 65:5; Lu 18:9
- Proclaim their own goodness Pr 20:6
- Are pure in their own eyes Pr 30:12
- Are abominable before God Isa 65:5
- Folly of Job 9:20
- Saints renounce Php 3:7-10
- Warning against De 9:4
- Denunciation against Mt 23:27,28
- Illustrated Lu 18:10-12
- Exemplified
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.